It has been very difficult to make the decision on a single winner this year, but Children's House Nursery School in Bow, east London, deserves the award because of the particular quality of its relationship with parents. Its sensitive and responsive work with children is informed and magnified by its outreach to families.
The judging visit took place on the first day of term, but many parents whose children had left for primary school came in to explain what the nursery means to them. A fathers' group has recently built planters and seats, incorporating the children's ideas, and displays around the school include beautiful embroidery done by a group of mothers. Space in the three-storey listed building is dedicated to informal drop-in sessions and also to popular classes for parents that are very well attended.
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